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Ms. Arnosky from Oakland, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building for the Big One: Seismic Retrofitting

My students need 3 sets of building materials to design and create an earthquake-resistant structure.

  • $381 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

The California coast is due for another big earthquake. Engineers around the area are working hard to retrofit and re-design buildings and bridges to ensure human safety in the event of the "Big One".

My students live in an area that experiences earthquakes regularly but they have yet to experience a devastating earthquake that drastically impacts their community.

However, my students do live with other economic and social challenges that make their daily lives more difficult. Despite those challenges, my students are full of enthusiasm, curiosity, and love. They are constantly asking questions and making connections between what we learn in class and the outside world.

My Project

With the materials I am requesting, students will be able to engage in a solution-oriented project where they will implement real engineering techniques to design skyscrapers and bridges that outlast a big earthquake. After studying techniques like cross-bracing, sheer walls, base insulators, and more, students will design their buildings and create them using the K'NEX pieces. The seismograph will help students visualize the p- and s-waves of the earthquake and the weight set will simulate people and furniture in the buildings.

My students are a part of the next generation of engineers.

Exposing them to hands-on, interactive projects like this one not only develops their interest in science but also provides them with more knowledge on how they can help their community and the rest of the world when the "Big One" strikes.

Ms. Arnosky
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT BRIDGE BUILDING K'NEX • Frey Scientific, Inc. $188.10 1 $188.10
541 SEISMOGRAPH MODEL EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $30.74 1 $30.74
WEIGHT SET HEX CUSTOMARY • Frey Scientific, Inc. $20.66 1 $20.66

Materials cost

$239.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.74

Sales tax

 $21.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$323.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.13

Total project goal

$380.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $380.87

5 Donors

-$313.22

Donations toward project cost

-$281.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.98

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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